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TCPR makes radio host’s “Ralph Rant”

SuperTalk 99.7 FM host Ralph Bristol talks about the efforts by some to expand the state’s failing pre-Kindergarten program in his most recent “Ralph Rant.” The article notes former gubernatorial candidate Bill Gibbon’s efforts to use youth crime as a means to expand the program. What...
August 31st, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Justin Owen named TCPR president

Nashville – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR), the state’s premier free market think tank and government watchdog organization, today announced Justin Owen as its new president and executive director after a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors. Owen previously oversaw the organization’s...
August 27th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Mini Pork Report Film: Government Waste That’s Easy to See Through

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing short films on various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. This week TCPR unveiled the film exposing how, despite budget shortfalls, local governments have been shoveling millions of dollars into government-funded art projects....
August 19th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Mini Pork Report Film: The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing short films on various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. This week TCPR unveiled the film exposing examples of politicians abusing tax dollars for their campaigns. Focusing on Vic Lineweaver’s pens, this video also reviews...
August 13th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Mini Pork Report Film: Field of Dreams

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing short films on various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. This week, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research covers Tennessee’s investment in switchgrass to convert into ethanol as a new energy source. View the video...
August 5th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Mini Pork Report film: Music City Star

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing short films on various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. Watch this week’s short film covering the commuter train that proves costly to taxpayers and the environment.
July 29th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

TCPR signs letter on direct wine shipment

Today, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research submitted a letter to Congress in conjunction with 41 other organizations expressing concern about potential direct wine shipment regulations. The letter addresses the Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act, which would allow states to impose...
July 27th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Nashville City Paper talks education with TCPR

In a special education edition, The City Paper gets the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s perspective on the state’s new Race to the Top funding. Pick up a hardcopy of the paper in downtown Nashville and flip to page 20, or click here for the online article, titled “Anxiety about...
July 27th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Mini Pork Report film: TNInvestco

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing short films on various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. View this week’s coverage of the tax-draining TNInvestco program here.
July 22nd, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Tennessean and Daily News Journal recognize Justin Owen as rising star

Sunday’s Tennessean as well as the Daily News Journal featured Tennessee Center for Policy Research acting executive director Justin Owen as a “Nashville Rising Star.” Likes best about job: Knowing that I have made a difference when I helped stop a bill from becoming law and having...
July 19th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Pork Report highlighted by the Chattanooga Times Free Press

The Chattanooga Times Free Press notes the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s inclusion of government funding for local chambers of commerce in the 2010 Pork Report. “Chambers of Commerce serve a vital function for economic growth in local communities. However, rather than fund these...
July 18th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

State Golf Courses Still Laying Up Short of Profitability

TN Report covers Tennessee’s unprofitable state-owned golf courses, citing research conducted by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. The courses collectively cost $1.6 million on behalf of the taxpayers, as stated in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. Read the story here.
July 16th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Mini Pork Report Film: State-Owned Golf Courses

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing a series of mini pork report films covering various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. Watch our premier film covering state-owned golf courses here.
July 15th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

TSU President resigns with full tenure

Channel 4 News interviews acting executive director of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Justin Owen on Melvin Johnson’s resignation as President of Tennessee State University (TSU) to become a tenured professor at the institution. The tenure system in Tennessee leaves taxpayers and students...
July 12th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Fall 2010 internships now available

Fall 2010 internships now available
Looking for ways to advance liberty and free market ideas? Want to spend next semester shaping public policy decisions? Tired of those same old do-nothing internships? If so, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has internship opportunities for you. Our interns don’t spend their time making copies...
July 6th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

2010 Pork Report makes media waves

2010 Pork Report makes media waves
The 2010 Tennessee Pork Report was released yesterday by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research and Citizens Against Government Waste. Below is a round-up of the media attention the report has received thus far. WSMV, Channel 4 News (Nashville) – Pork Report says state wasted $260 million WSMV,...
June 30th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Joe Scarlett joins TCPR’s Board of Directors

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR), Tennessee’s leading free market think tank, announced the addition of Nashville business luminary Joe Scarlett to the organization’s board of directors. Scarlett is well known nationally for his role as the former Chairman of Tractor...
June 23rd, 2010 | Recent News | Read More
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